The Massacre of Mankind Quotes

“Thus might a wily Inca have drawn the conquistadors into long negotiations, until the time came to slit a few throats, steal horses and guns and ships, and carry the war back to the monarchs of Spain.”
― Stephen Baxter, The Massacre of Mankind

“And if some self-proclaimed expert tells you that Martians are disembodied creatures of brain without emotion, let him listen to the recordings that were made of those cries, of victory, of vengeance, of exultation. ‘Ulla! Ulla!’ We”
― Stephen Baxter, The Massacre of Mankind

“That would follow the pattern,” he admitted. “Ten cylinders in ’07, a hundred in 1920, a thousand two years later—could it be ten thousand this time?”
― Stephen Baxter, The Massacre of Mankind

“franc-tireurs”
― Stephen Baxter, The Massacre of Mankind

“to exchange gifts of sweets and tobacco and perfume and porcelain, and there would be happy gatherings in the coffeehouses, and in the open spaces there would be a bayram, a fair with amusements for the children.”
― Stephen Baxter, The Massacre of Mankind

“Let Martians drive out foreigners. Then Chinese drive out Martians. We survived Genghis Khan. Will survive this.”
― Stephen Baxter, The Massacre of Mankind

“People are there to be exploited; if they volunteer for the purpose, then use them.”
― Stephen Baxter, The Massacre of Mankind

“Cytherean”
― Stephen Baxter, The Massacre of Mankind

“dead birds and animals.”
― Stephen Baxter, The Massacre of Mankind

“Barbican,”
― Stephen Baxter, The Massacre of Mankind

“The Army set a trap at a place called Grovers Mill, New Jersey, and they’ve been held up there.”
― Stephen Baxter, The Massacre of Mankind

“Sculpting the very earth. That boast stuck in a corner of my mind, though I wasn’t sure why, at the time. Perhaps in retrospect what I can only call my revelation was already stirring, like a seed in the watered ground. As I will relate in its place.”
― Stephen Baxter, The Massacre of Mankind

“But he pointed east, towards the Strand. ‘That way, along the new shore. Dry enough, if we cut up a couple of streets. The Strand, you know – a Saxon word for “beach”, and that’s no accident, for this was once the bank of the ancient river.”
― Stephen Baxter, The Massacre of Mankind